Kanata Shinkai Sub Story - The Other Side of the Tunnel

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WRITER: HAPPY ELEMENTS K.K. | SEASON : SUMMER

Kanata: Puka puka~♪
Kaoru: O~i, Kanata-ku~n!
Kanata: Ah~ Kaoru~ What’s the matter?
Kaoru: What do you mean ‘what’s the matter’? You said that Marine Bio Club had an activity today so I came.
Huh, where’s Souma-kun?
Kanata: Souma came by just now and told me he had some things to do with his ‘unit’~
Kaoru: H~m, is that so. So it’s just me and Kanata-kun then, huh.
Anyway, what’re you doing right now, Kanata-kun?
Kanata: I’m ‘bathing’ of course~♪
Kaoru: Kanata-kun, you can’t swim and yet you still go into the sea just like that. You’re aware that’s dangerous, right?
Kanata: Ufufu, I’ll be alright with someone watching over ~ It’s a rather warm today, so it’s a nice day for ‘bathing’ you see...♪
Kaoru: That’s not the point here… How long have you been in there anyway?
Kanata: We~ll, I thought I would have a small morning ‘stroll’, but the sun started to make me feel dry. I’ve been here since then, I think~
Kaoru: Hasn’t morning long passed already… You should’ve started to feel all soggy and squishy from being in the sea for so long, right?
Kanata: That would mean I am just like a ‘jellyfish’, then~
Kaoru: Ahaha. Kanata-kun turning into a jellyfish? I can’t really get my head around that idea, to be honest…
Kanata: Kaoru, wouldn’t you like to puka puka with me too~?
Kaoru: If a girl asked me that, I’d probably jump in but~ I don’t have a change of clothes with me so. Rather than that, how about you get up from there, Kanata-kun?
Kanata: Ehh~ Don’t wanna~ I don’t want to get up to the ‘shore’ yet. I want to keep bathing in the sea.
Kaoru: Come on. I know it’s nice to cool yourself down when it’s summer and all, but you’ll eventually catch a cold, too, you know… Ah, actually, how about we make something that both of us can do from where are?
Kanata: Eh? What do you mean? Something we can do from the ‘shore’ and the ‘sea’?
Kaoru: That’s right, we could make a tunnel that connects the sea and shore— an underwater tunnel, if you will.
Kanata: An ‘underwater tunnel’...?
Kaoru: Yep, an underwater tunnel. Come on, over here. Let’s build it together ~ ♪
Actually, after club activities, I had planned to go on a date, but it got canceled ~ And I’m not really feeling up to going home right away either, so I’ve got loads of free time now.
Kanata: Is that so~ Making an ‘underwater tunnel’ ‘together’ with Kaoru… That sounds like fun ♪


[ Ten Minutes Later]

Kanata: I’ve been tricked...
Kaoru: Huh, why the gloomy face now—
Kanata: Kaoru, you said we were going to make an ‘underwater tunnel’ but, is this not a ‘mountain’ instead...
Kaoru: Nh, well, right now it’s a mountain, but we’re digging the tunnel underneath it. Look, if we continue making this tunnel here, where the seawater will be able to pass through, won’t it appear like an underwater tunnel?
Kanata: Oh, I think I understand? We’re still halfway, huh.
Kaoru: Right right, just like that ♪ Kanata-kun, you keep on working from the seaward side, and I’ll keep on working from the shore side. Got it?
Kanata: Understood~ Heave ho~ ♪
Kaoru: Careful not to knock it down now.
Kanata: Yes~ ‘Carefully’ and ‘carefully’~ ♪
Kaoru: …. Sighs. Really, what am I doing on the beach in a summer like this. If only I could be doing this with a girl instead ~
Kanata: Fufu. But being able to ‘play in the sand’ with Kaoru like this makes me happy, you know~ ♪
Kaoru: It feels weird for me when it’s with a boy, though~ … Ah well, it’s fine if it’s Kanata-kun, at least.
Kanata: Let us make lots of summer ‘memories’~ Next time, we must have Souma here as well, and make another one ‘together’. All three of us ♪
...Oh?
Kaoru: Hm? What’s the matter?
Kanata: Something… Looked like it just moved? Is this perhaps Kaoru’s finger?
Kaoru: U-Uhm, there’s no way I’m able to reach all the way there you know...
Is it actually some broken glass? You didn’t get hurt, did you, Kanata-kun?!
Kanata: H~m, this isn’t ‘glass’ though~ It’s… seems like it’s ‘alive’?
Kaoru: Something alive…? It’s not a crab, is it?
Kanata: It does not look like it’s a ‘crab’. Something more… ‘Sharp’ and ‘smooth’......
Kaoru: What is it then? It’s not something that has pincers, right? Shouldn't you pull your hand away from there for now, Kanata-kun?
Kanata: It’s okay, I’ll try to catch it like this.
Ah, this is……
Kaoru: Hold on, don’t suddenly stop talking. I already don’t know what that thing is, so the silence is scary!
Kanata: It’s risky if I speak up, because this child is……….
Kaoru: EH?! What’s risky?! Kanata-kun, are you alright!?!
Kanata: TA~~DA♪
Kaoru: WAH—!!
Kanata: A ‘spiral shell’ has been pulled out~♪ Fufufu, it’s rather small and cute, isn’t it~
Kaoru: Ah, it is. How cute………. Wait, you really gave me a shock there, Kanata-kun!
Kanata: Fufu. Sorry, you were really surprised, huh?
Ah, Kaoru. Could this be the ‘tunnel’ finally being formed? I can see Kaoru’s face from the ‘other side’ ~ ♪



Kaoru: Ah, you right. Kanata-kun, yoo~hoo♪



Kanata: Hell~ooo ♪
Kaoru: Alright, now we just have to make this hole a little bigger, so we can give way for the seawater to go through...
Kanata: Waah, the sea’s water went into the ‘tunnel’ ♪
Kaoru: Hey hey, see that shell that just fell? How about you line it up over there? It would probably look more like an underwater like that, wouldn’t it?
Kanata: Good idea~ I’ll line up these ‘bivalve shells’ then~ ♪
I’ll put in the ‘spiral shell’ I just found together with them too…..♪
Kaoru: Ah, this is looking nice, doesn’t it? I said that we would make an underwater tunnel on a whim’s thought, but it almost feels like the real thing despite our first time making it.
Kanata: It’s like you’ve reverted back to ‘childhood’, huh ♪
Kaoru: Yeah yeah, it’s thanks to Kanata-kun that I was able to have fun while passing the time.
Kaoru: So what do you think? Seems like we’ve made ourselves a nice tunnel, right?
Kanata: Yes ♪ With the help of Kaoru, we were able to connect the ‘shore’ and the ‘sea’, with this beautiful ‘tunnel’ we have made … ♪