TITLE: Kokuhaku -- "Confession

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Naono Bohra

SHORT INTRODUCTION: Unable to forget the random act of kindness by the wealthy,
but lonely business man, Matsumi offers to sell his body. Is it
really just for money, or is there a greater need at stake? -cirrus

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editor: kalia
scanner: malg
translation: cirrus
project completion date: July 28, 2003

transcription, notations (9/18/03) by San

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- pg. 91 -

Title Page: Confession

- pg. 92 -

SFX: *haa*

Boy: ....
Nn!

SFX: *Suck, Suck*

Boy: ...!
[Suck]

- pg. 93 -

Boy: *Glance*

Am I...not good enough?

Man: N-no! It's not that.
/Sorry.

SFX: *Drip...*

Boy: Nn!

Hn...

- pg. 94 -

SFX: *haa*

SFX: *lick*

SFX: *Twitch, Twitch*

Boy: Nn!

...!
Nn!

Un...

SFX: *Slurp*

SFX: *Squelch*

Man: Doesn't that hurt?
If you'd like, I could--

Boy: No!
[There's no need!]

A client should never have to do something like that!
{I'm fine!}

Man: .....

- pg. 95 -

Man: Then, that's enough.

Boy: Ah!

SFX: *Thump*

SFX: *Grab*

Man: Please relax.

SFX: *Haa*

Boy: Haa!
Aah!

SFX: *Thrust*

- pg. 96 -

SFX: *Thrust, Thrust*

Boy: Haa!
Aah!

Man: ...!

SFX: *Stroke*

Boy: Aah!
Nn!

Nn!

SFX: *Haa*

Boy: Shimizu-san...!

SFX: *Haa*

Shimizu: ...!
Matsumi-kun...

SFX: *Haa*

- pg. 97 -

Shimizu: Matsumi-kun.

Matsumi: Yes?

Shimizu: Here's your pay.

Matsumi: Thank you...Sir.

!

Uh... Excuse me...

When will be...the next time?

- pg. 98 -

Shimizu: ....

Soon.

I'll call you on your cell phone.

SFX: *Slam*

SFX: *Plop*

Shimizu: [I knew it...]

- pg. 99 -

Shimizu: [This isn't good.]

[I'm mixing things up.]

[But at first...]
[Ever since he called out to me I've been...]

Matsumi: Hey, you!

You wanna buy me?

Shimizu: Excuse me?

- pg. 100 -

Matsumi: I need some cash.

Shimizu: Uh...

And you are...?

Matsumi: Matsumi. Matsumi Hiroto.

I'm out of a job and I need to pay the rent.
Plus I can't pay back my parents' loans.

Shimizu: [He is...]

Matsumi: I'm not asking for a lump sum here! I'm sayin' you can pay me little by little...

Shimizu: [A kid I know very well...]

[He works at the construction site near my office nearly every day.]

- pg. 101 -

Shimizu: [He works ceaselessly from dawn till dusk. I can't believe he'd resort to this.]

Matsumi: Hey!

Shimizu: Oh!
Y-yes?

Matsumi: What's with you!?

If you don't want it, then I'll just look for someone else...

Shimizu: {Someone else?}

No need.

It's a deal.

How much?

- pg. 102 -

Shimizu: [Why did I do that?]

[I nodded without even thinking.]

Matsumi: /Alright, how's...5,000 yen sound? (5,000 yen = 49.00 USD)

Shimizu: {No, I know the reason why.}

/Un, don't you think that's a bit cheap?

[I haven't been able to get him out of my head since I first laid eyes on him...]

Matsumi: Sorry, Sir.

Shimizu: [For such a young kid to be working in that tough place...]
[It's amazing he's kept up his energy for so long.]

- pg. 103 -

Shimizu: {I was content just watching him.}

This is bad.

SFX: *Flop*

Shimizu: A middle-aged single man.

[And yet...]

[If I didn't call him, this would all end.]

Cell Phone: Matsumi Hiroto

Shimizu: [I'm the one who can't let it go.]

- pg. 104 -

SFX: *Slam*

SFX: *Scrounge, Scrounge*

Matsumi: [The time the phone doesn't ring...]

[Is when Shimizu-san's forgotten about me.]

SFX: *Squeeze*

- pg. 105 -

Matsumi: {But he wouldn't remember...}

Boss: It's raining!

Stop the construction! Cover everything up!

Matsumi: Yes, Sir!

SFX: *Slip*

Matsumi: Ah!

Boss: Hey! New kid! Quit fooling around! Get this place cleaned up!!

Matsumi: Y-yes, sir! Sorry, Sir!

Boss: You're outta here if you don't shape up!

Matsumi: [Ever since I left home...]

{I've worked so hard to get by...but nothing's changed.}

{No one...not even my family cares about me.}

[It doesn't make a difference if I even exist or not!}

- pg. 106 -

Matsumi: {I'm tired of it all...}

Shimizu: Are you all right?

Matsumi: {Who is this...?}

Shimizu: Oh no! You're hurt!

Here, take this.

Matsumi: !

Shimizu: This might sting a little.

Matsumi: I-it's all right! Your handkerchief will get dirty--

Shimizu: I don't mind. It's yours now.

SFX: *wipe*

Shimizu: Be sure to clean it up later.

/Bye!

It'll be a pain, but tough it out!

- pg. 107 -

Matsumi: *Gasp*

But...your umbrella!

[And ever since, I've been searching for him.]

[He makes my heart throb every time I see him.]

[But there's no way he'd ever want to waste his time with a kid like me.]

- pg. 108 -

Matsumi: [That's why, I must be going crazy!]

[To fall in love with a man so much older than me, all I can do is sell my body.]

[But even if I do that, he'll still never know how I feel about him!]

SFX: *Slip, Slip*

Matsumi: [And I only...]

[volunteered to do this for him.]

- pg. 109 -

Matsumi: [I know that...]

[he only thinks of me as some poor kid.]

[But I'm fine with that.]

[As long as I can stay with him.]

- pg. 110 -

Shimizu: {It's Mastumi-kun.}

Boss: /Hey, Hiroto! Lunchtime!

Matsumi: Yes, Sir.

Shimizu: [Thank goodness. It seems he's getting along well with the others.]

{If I don't call him, he might take another client.}

I don't have to be alone anymore...

SFX: *Grip*

Shimizu: {No... He might have one all ready.}

SFX: *Squeeze*

- pg. 111 -

Shimizu: My coffee...

Aaaaah!

I need water!

Employee: Chief! Hurry! Run some cold water on it! AaH! Oh no!!

Shimizu: /Thanks for the gauze.

{What do I do now?}

{I can't let him go out looking for someone else.}

SFX: *Beep*

Shimizu: {As long as he's not tied to me...}

{Before he realizes my desire for him...}

{I need to end this.}

- pg. 112 -

Matsumi: Well, I'm going to take a shower first.

SFX: *Grab*

Matsumi: !?

Huh!? Shimizu-san!?

/But my bath...

?

SFX: *Thud*

Matsumi: Shimizu--
!?

[What's going on? He's never like this...]

- pg. 113 -

Matsumi: Aah!
...!

Haa!

SFX: *Stroke*

SFX: *Plrp*

Matsumi: Aah!
Nn...

*Shiver*

No, Shimizu-san! Let...let go!
Mmph!

Oh!

I'm...
I'm so sorry!

Shimizu: *Lick*

Matsumi: *Blush*

Ah...

- pg. 114 -

SFX: *Shlerp, Shlerp*

Matsumi: !
Shimizu-san! N-no! Don't...!

I'm...dirty! Nn!

Ah!

[He's scaring me.]

...!

Shimizu: !!

Oh... I didn't mean to hurt you.

*Wipe*

Matsumi: *Twitch*

- pg. 115 -

Shimizu: I'm sorry... Please forgive me.

Matsumi: [A kiss...?]

Ah!

[He's never kissed me before.]

Shimizu: *Thrust*

Matsumi: ....!

Nn!

Nn!!
....

Aah!

Shimizu...san!

- pg. 116 -

SFX: *Clink*

Matsumi: Ah!

S-sorry! I feel asleep! I'll get my things together right away!

*Shuffle, Shuffle*

{The money...}

SFX: *Heavy*

Matsumi: Uh... This is too much...

Shimizu: It's all right. You need it, don't you?

Matsumi: But...

- pg. 117 -

Shimizu: Don't worry.

Because this is our last time together.

Matsumi: Shimizu-san...

SFX: *Click*

Shimizu: Take care.

SFX: *Slam*

- pg. 118 -

Matsumi: {I knew that...}

{This day would come eventually.}

{So this is how it ends.}

{I don't have to lie anymore!}

- pg. 119 -

Matsumi: {We'll never have to see each other again...}

[No!]

[No!]

[No!]

[I'll...]

*Sniffle*

....Uugh...

*Sniffle*

[I'll never be able to see him again!]

- pg. 120 -

Shimizu: *Zoning------Out*

Employee #2: /What's with the Chief?

Employee #3: /Uh... Here are the reports...

SFX: *Vrooom*

Shimizu: {This is how it's supposed to be...}

Director: Hey there, Shimizu-kun!

Shimizu: Oh. Director...

Director: /Yo!

/Keep up the good work!

Have you been thinking about what we talked about the other day?

Shimizu: *Sweatdrop*

Director: /Oh,

/You spilled it.

- pg. 121 -

Shimizu: Yes, Sir.

I'd like to thank you for the talk, but I'm afraid I'm just too accustomed to being alone.

To be honest, I can't imagine having a second marriage or making friends anymore.

Director: Hmph.

/Too bad.

Well, I suppose there's nothing any of us can do about that then. But I still think it's a pity.

Shimizu: I'm sorry, Sir.

Director: Well, be sure to tell me if you ever find someone that feels the way you do! That'll be the day!

Employee #4: /Director, please get back to work.

Employee #5: /What did you come to the office for?

Shimizu: No.

- pg. 122 -

Shimizu: But I do have someone that I can never forget...

[Who's in front of my house...?]

Excuse me...
What business do you have here?

*Shock*

!!

- pg. 123 -

Shimizu: What...what are you doing here?

Matsumi: Uh...
I...

Shimizu: /Gasp!
Don't tell me... You found me out!?

Matsumi: No...
Uh...

I've always known who you are--

Shimizu: Go home!!
I told you that was our last time!!

Matsumi: I'm sorry...
I just...

I wanted to...return them to you...

- pg. 124 -

Shimizu: !?

[It's my umbrella from that day...]

Matsumi: Take them!

I'm really sorry. I promise...I'll never come back again...!

{Money...?}

{There's still so much...}

{He's really going to return it all!?}

Wait!

SFX: *Twitch*

- pg. 125 -

Shimizu: What is this?

You needed it, didn't you?

Matsumi: .....

As long as I have it...I'll never be able to forget about you.

Shimizu: Wha--

What are you saying!?
Even though you work so hard during the day, but resort to this at night, you must be in need of money, right!?

- pg. 126 -

Matsumi: You're the only one I've ever done this sort of thing with.

{You remembered me...}

I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble.

Shimizu: ....!

Hey!

Wait!

/Don't go!

SFX: *Grab*

- pg. 127 -

Shimizu: Why...

Why did you say I'm the only one?

That you can't forget me....?

What do you want from me!?

[What do I do...?]

Matsumi: Nothing.

- pg. 128 -

Matsumi: I don't want anything from you.

You saved me.

So...

Even if it were with my body... I wanted to be with you.

- pg. 129 -

Matsumi: Woah!

SFX: *Grab*

Matsumi: Shi-

Shimizu-san?

Shimizu: You were the one that saved me.

Matsumi: !!

Shimizu: With your smile, and your warmth.

But I wanted to have you all to myself.
If I were the only one you belonged to...

- pg. 130 -

Shimizu: I...wanted you so much.

I couldn't stand just being your client anymore.

!

SFX: *Hug, Hug*

Matsumi: You're not a client to me!

Shimizu: Matsumi-kun?

- pg. 131 -

Matsumi: Is it all right if...

I want you just as badly?

Shimizu: Yes. You're all I want.

- pg. 132 -

Matsumi: Shimizu-san...

Ah!

!

/Oh!

- pg. 133 -

Matsumi: Shimizu-san!?

No! ...Ah!

Aah!
Please...stop it...!

*Shake*

Shimizu: No.

Matsumi: Nn!

Shimizu: I've always wanted to do this to you.

Matsumi: Aah!
Ah!

Shimizu...san!

- pg. 134 -

Matsumi: Haa!

Ah!

Nn!
Shimizu-san!... Nn!

*Shiver*

I...I should do it myself...

Shimizu: Matsumi-kun?

What a silly boy you are.

/Though you've gotten better.

But today I won't stop.

/Zii--ip

Matsumi: ...Ah!

Shimizu: I'll show you...

that I love you more than anyone.

- pg. 135 -

Matsumi: Aah!... Ah!

Aah!

Shimizu-san...!
Aah!

I'm going to...

Shimizu: Matsumi-kun...

Matsumi: Mmph!
Shi...Shimizu-sa...!

- pg. 136 -

Matsumi: Aaah!

- pg. 137 -

SFX: *Rustle, Rustle*

Shimizu: Oh, you're awake.

Matsumi: *Gasp!*

I'm...I'm sorry! I'll...I'll get out right away!!

*Shuffle, Shuffle*

Shimizu: I can't let you.

I want you to be with me forever.

- pg. 138 -

Matsumi: ...But someone from the office might find out... If I stay here...

Shimizu: It'll be more of a problem for me if you don't stay.

Mastsumi: !!

Shimizu: /It'd be more convenient for you, too.

Or...would it really be a bad idea?

/You don't seem happy.

Matsumi: No!

Shimizu: /Oh

Matsumi: No, it's not a bad idea at all!!

I...I need to be with you, too...

- END -

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- pg. 202 -

Matsumi: {It wasn't long before I moved in with Shimizu-san.}

{This is the happiest I've ever been.}

Boss: /Hiroto! Time for lunch!

Matsumi: {But he does all the housework and takes care of me.}

SFX: *Pop*

Caption: {Confession bonus}

{Service}

Shimizu: Sorry for not asking first, but I made these for you. Perhaps you could eat them for lunch?

Matsumi: {I can't let things go on like this...}

- pg. 203 -

Boss: /Hey! Eat up!

Matsumi: I got it! I'll help out Shimizu-san, too!!

Shimizu: /Ah...

Matsumi: /Aaah! Your shirt got stained!

Arrow: /Shimizu

Labels: Bacon

Eggs

Bread

Shimizu: Uh, Mastumi-kun, it's really okay. You don't have to push yourself so hard.

I'm used to doing the housework by myself... Okay?

Matsumi: No! Please don't spoil me anymore!!

- pg. 204 -

Matsumi: You've done so much for me all ready!

And now that we're living together, I can't do anything right...

It doesn't matter what, as long as I can be of some use to you.

Shimizu: ...Matsumi-kun. I'm sorry for making you worry about me.
I was so caught up in it all, I didn't realize.

Matsumi: /Caught up?

Shimizu: Even though you can't help me out with everything, you still make me happy.

- pg. 205 -

Matsumi: So do you.

Shimizu: Then, how about you keep doing your best with what you are good at.

Matsumi: ?

Nn...

*Haa*

Ah...

SFX: *Plip*

Shimizu: /So cute. (heart)

Matsumi: Shimizu-san...
It's all right... I'm doing my best so... A little more.

SFX: *Squeeze*

- pg. 206 -

Shimizu: *Sigh*

SFX: *Pheeeeew*

Shimizu: Oh, you...

I could never match...

Matsumi: ...Ah!

Ah!

...Nn!

Shimizu: The things I do to you, to what you're giving me.

Matsumi: How can you say that?...
I'm not even doing anything!

*Haa*

Shimizu: /Oh, but you are.

Well then...
You can just keep that up if you want to make me happy. (heart)

Matsumi: Yes, Sir!

Oh, Shimizu-san! More!

Shimizu: Uh... That's okay...

- END -