Marking by Kashikaze TL by boke ### TL notes indicated by hash tags like this: ### ### Page numbers indicated by —XX for example, page one is: —01 ### Panel numbers indicated by -X for example, panel one is: -1 ### sfx- means the following is a sound effect. ### hw- means the following is handwritten text. ### Unless otherwise noted, panel and text balloon flow is from upper right to lower left. ### This TL indexes on file number in case the page numbers don’t match. ### Sometimes my comments are snark or color, so feel free to ignore those. ###This is a side story for “Can’t Deny the Lonely Girl” published for Comitia145. —03 -2 Ok, I’m off to my job. Got it. See you later! -3 Mm. Hm? -4 Stare -5 Oh, you… —04 -1 Have a great day. -2 Summer has come around for the 2nd time since we started living together after graduation. the Lonely Girl —05 -1 Can’t Deny Extra —07 -1 Crank -2 I finished up work early. I wonder if Ayaka will be surprised. -3 I hope she’ll like this test batch of muffins. -5 sfx- squeek Sorry you had to bring them here! Seriously, thank you very much! —08 -1 See you later! -2 Ba-boom —09 -1 Vrrrm -2 sfx- Shock I-is… is she cheating? hw- After all this time? -3 Creak -4 Ah! Welcome home! —10 -1 sfx- Slump sfx- Jolt Wha?! What’s the matter? -2 Ayaka… sfx- Hug Huh?! -3 I’m dying here… sfx- Drip —11 -1 It’s not like that, ok?! He’s my cousin! sfx- Shake Shake -2 Sorry to surprise you! hw- Here’s my texts on Line! -3 My family said they’d send some of the watermelons they’ve been growing. I was going to pick them up, but they dropped some off instead. Watermelon… -4 Right! See? -5 Let’s have some together. —12 -1 I could feel my lifespan shrinking… sfx- Chompf I didn’t say anything since I didn’t expect you to come home early. Sorry, ok? -2 Were you scared? -3 I’m scared! I mean, you’re so cute, Ayaka. -4 Wha? Th-that’s not true… sfx- Embarrassed sfx- Hmph I hate that you don’t see it! —13 -1 Y’know Sora, back when we moved in… -2 I pierced your ears because you said you wanted to get them done. Yeah. -3 To tell the truth, I felt like I was also marking you. It made me kinda happy. -4 I felt a bit weird about it, so I never said anything. -5 Mm-nn. I get you. That’s why I suggested you get yours done too. -6 hw- But you were scared and turned me down Uh, yeah. That’s right. —14 -1 So… Do you want to? -2 Do you want to make your mark? —15 -1 Wha? sfx- Th-thump But you’re scared… -2 But I don’t want to make you nervous, Sora. And… -3 It’ll make me feel closer to you! -4 Oh, you… sfx- Eh-hem -5 Don’t you go making me all mushy. sfx- kiss Mm —16 -1 And after a night visit to Don Quixote The place for Amazing Deals Don Quixote 9am to 2am -2 Ear Piercer 8mm Stud Sterilized Medical Device One piercing ###box -3 hw- We went and got them sfx- Th-thump Th-thump -4 Ok sfx- Pop -5 About here? I-I dunno, so I’ll leave it up to you. sfx- Tap —17 -1 Ok, I’m going to do it. -2 Wai…! -3 Wait! sxf- Nab -4 It’ll be over with in a sec… But when I did it to you, it was so loud and scary! -5 Wanna stop? -6 I… I’m doing this! —18 -1 hw- But yeah, I’m scared sfx- Clench -3 Grab -4 Lick —19 -1 Mm Mm sfx- Kiss Kiss -2 Fwah -3 sfx- Slide Slide -4 Sora…? —20 -1 Ka-chak sfx- Kya! -2 sfx- Sting Throb —21 -1 See? Over in an instant. Th-that was mean! -2 Isn’t doing it on the count of three scarier? Y-yeah, you may be right. -3 Ok, let’s do the other side… W-wait! -4 Don’t… You need to kiss me…! sfx- Clench —22 -1 Blush -2 She makes it hard to keep my cool… sfx- Waah Waah —23 -1 Whoa… -2 To start with, disinfect them everyday. And don’t take them out until they’re healed. Got it! -3 Bump -4 It’s true. It really makes me feel like you’re mine… —24 -1 I’ve been yours for a long time, Sora. Fufu -2 Let’s go buy matching earrings later. Yup! —25 -1 Muffin reward for doing a good job Made by Honda Sora. —27 -1 -Colophone- Marking Publisher: Kashikaze Published 2023/9/3