Pink na Koneko
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"Na...nakanaka beta na...geimei de..."
"Th...that's a rather poor...stage name..."

"Honmei da."
"It's my real name."

To, o-namae no gotoki hikari kagayaku bibou de nikkori.
He smiled, with sparkling beauty like his name.

"..." Kouhei wa, mugon no mama kururi to kibisu o kaeshita.
Wordlessly, Kouhei turned to leave.

Arisugawa nante myouji ga aru koto wa shitte wa ita ga, sore ni Rei nante namae o ko'ppazukashige mo naku tsukeru oya ga iru'tte dake de, mou chotto o-chikazuki ni naritakunai.
He had known that the family name "Arisugawa" existed, but the mere fact that there were parents who would add to that the name "Rei" without a trace of embarrassment made him want to leave some distance between himself and them.

"Oi kora mate mate, Hikaru-kun!"
"Hey, hold it, wait, Hikaru-kun!"

"Kouhei desu'ttebaa."
"I told you, I'm Kouhei."

"Sonna dasai namae wa sutete, mezase kimi mo ashita no sutaa."
"Get rid of that lame name, you could be tomorrow's star."

"Naritaku arimasen'ttebaa."
"For goodness' sake, I do not want to be."

"Sou jaken ni suru mon ja nai. Nakayoku shiyou, o-nakama darou?
"You don't have to be so cruel about it. Let's be friends--we're alike, aren't we?

Watashi-nado, kimi no neko yori sara ni tachi no warui, hyakujuu no ou no raion-kyuu no kawa o kabutte iru zo."
I'm wearing the skin of a cat far meaner than yours, in the league of a lion, king of beasts."

"..." Kabuttenai jan.
//No, you're not.//

Kareiyuubi na mikake douyou, jishin manman na seikaku ja arimasen ka.
//You're just as bursting with confidence as you are beauty.//

Sore de nani ka kabutte iru ki nara, o-nakama dokoro ka kekkou na kanchigaiyarou.
//If at that you feel like you're wearing something, not only are you not like me, you've made quite the mistaken assumption about me.//