A kiss is, a kiss is something you share with someone you like, but then Ginta doesn’t really care that much about me.
So if that’s the case, why would he?
I can’t forgive him, and I’ll never forgive him.

Marmalade Boy
GINTA’S CONFESSION - “I’M NOT GONNA LET HIM TAKE YOU!”

Hey, guys. Hey, you come or not?
Okay, wait a sec, I’m coming.
Yuu, Yuu, Miki, come on.
You guys are up, right?
Yeah.
All right, let’s get a move on , and get out of here.
See you later.
Miki, she’s about to.
Hey, Miki, aren’t you a teacher’s aide this week? You’re gonna be late.
I don’t care.
Leave me alone.
Ginta’s a teacher’s aide this week too, and I don’t want to see him.
I’m being late on purpose.
What do you think you’re doing.
If you can yell out that loud, you can’t be that sick.
Stop stalling, it’s time to get ready.
But… Wh- what gives you the right?
What’s with Miki, isn’t she coming?
Ginta.
Good morning.
Hey.
Hey, wait.
Where’s miki?
Well, beats me, she’s not here yet.
Huh? What are we gonna do with that girl.
Seriously , Yuu is so nosey.
Look, there she is.
Hi, Miki.
Good morning guys.
Good morning Yuu.
Hey, you’re late, you’re a teacher’s aide this week, aren’t you?
Miki.
Meiko. Here you go.
Sure.
Hey, wait. Miki.
So what do you think they’re so worked up about?
So that’s what it’s all about.
When I told him not to bother her, it must have backfired and stirred the whole thing up again.
Miki, you are a teacher’s aide, you can’t leave .
you are it.
Miki, I need to talk to you for a minute .
I don’t want to hear it.
In fact ,Ginta, right now, I don’t even want to see your face, so please just leave me alone.
What’s the deal?
Are you guys fighting?
None of your business .
Hey, wait.
Don’t worry, it’s ok
Let’s go easy on them, and leave them alone for a while.
Hey, Miki, it’s time to go.
What is it now.
Whatever, suit yourself .
Now, come on, you come with me.
So, let’s go.
Why do I, I’m not…hey
Hey. What’re you doing this for anyway?
Don’t worry, just hold on tight.
Yeah, like I’m gonna do that.
Okay, here we go.
Enough, already, let me off.
Here we are.
Jeez, you don’t have to be so rough , you know.
Whoa, beautiful .
Come on, give it a try.
I don’t want to.
Come on, here.
Looks sort of complicated .
That wasn’t exactly graceful .
Hey, it’s just ‘cause my hand slipped a little bit, that’s all.
Not even, what?
Like this, the motion sort of sideways .
Like this? Yeah.
I did it, it worked .
I did it. Look at that, I can do it, I can actually do it, isn’t that great?
How cool.
Whoa, I can’t believe you found such a great place.
I found it when I was exploring the neighborhood right after we moved.
I go there when I feel down, it’s real quiet and it always makes me feel better.
You’re actually sad sometimes?
Amazing
So that’s it. He brought me here to trying cheer me up.
-That’s silly.
-They’re so funny.
Thanks a lot, Yuu.
That place will just be our little secret.
That place will just be our little secret.
Oh, no ,Ginta saw me, our eyes met, he’ll think I was…
No, I can’t deal with this now.
Miki.
Arimi Suzuki?
How are you, Miki.
Oh, Fine
Was Yuu still in class when you left?
Do you think he might be coming out any time soon?
Miki. Hey, Miki, come on. Will you wait up.
Boy, talk about determine .
I’m sorry, I hope I didn’t keep you waiting too long, so, what do you say we get going.
What are you doing? I’m waiting for Yuu.
Please, you got to help me , just be quiet and come on.
But, Miki.
Hey, long time no see, so how have you been?
Who’s that?
What the?
Hey, wait, this is Miki’s
Thanks a lot, Yuu.
That place will just be our little secret.
Okay, good. He doesn’t seem to be following me anymore.
Sorry, but this hurts.
My arm
Oh, I’m sorry.
I may have been panicky, but I just did, actually I’m a total stranger .
Well, thanks for helping.
I really appreciate it, you saved me .
See you.
Not so fast.
You don’t actually think that’s gonna cut it ,do you? Not after you dragged me all the way out here just to cover for you.
Hey, since we’re here anyway, maybe we should have some tea, I’ve been meaning to talk with you anyway.
And since I helped you, you own me one, right?
Sure, it’s on me.
Well, thank you, it all look so good, I don’t know what to say.
So, who’s the guy you were trying to get away from?
Does he follow you around? Is that what’s going on?
No. He’s a friend of mine.
It’s no big deal, we just had a little fight.
So, weren’t you supposed to meet Yuu?
Oh, no, that’s okay, it’s not like we had a specific plan.
In fact, the whole thing was my idea , you see, he’s been avoiding me, and it’s the only way I can get him to see me.
So , you guys, started going out together again?
So you know about that.
What did Yuu have said about me?
Well, that you’d been his girlfriend for a little while.
Is that it?
Yes.
Yeah. That’s so like him.
He doesn’t like talking about himself very much, does he.
Don’t you agree?
Yeah.
Why did that surprise me ?
She does know him awfully well.
Well, it’s not fair for me to have the jump on you, so I’ll fill you in.
We weren’t in any classes together , so I never had a chance to talk with him, then at be beginning of 9th grade we were on the sports festival committee together.
Of course I knew his name and recognized his face.
He’s hard to miss.
But I wasn’t all that interested in him at first, good looks aren’t really my thing.
And there were plenty of other guys who liked me anyway.
But then as soon as I actually talked to him, I found out just how much I really liked him.
It was incredible, I never met anyone who was so much fun to be with.
He was the one and that was all there was to it.
So I told him right away.
Come on, Arimi, you got plenty of other guys after you , it doesn't have to be me.
Yes, it does, it’s you, it’s only you.
I appreciate your feelings but…
You see, I just don't want to be going out with anyone right now.
So it’s really true, you actually do that.
You know I just can’t believe it, there’s a rumor going around that whenever you turn down a girl you use the same line.
If you knew about it, then why?
Because I know what I’m doing, we’re about as perfect for each other as to be forking b.
Three months, just go out with me for three months, after that if you’re still not interested in me as a girlfriend, I promise I’ll just leave it at that and I won’t bother you anymore. What do you say?
But I …
Hey, it’s hardly fair to just reject me without giving it a try.
Come on, Yuu, I beg of you, three months, that’s all.
You’re pretty determined .
This’s a certainly one for the books.
Okay, you win.
Well, for the next three months, it was just like a dream .
We had so much fun, talking on the phone, going places together, Yuu enjoyed it too, it wasn’t just me, we were having such a great time. Up until…
Arimi, the last three months were really fun, and you’re really nice too, it’s just, I think of you as just a friend.
I’m sorry.
Arimi.
I don't think you’ll ever be able to love anybody even if you try.
Maybe you’re right.
I couldn’t sleep at all that night, I was in total shock, it was over and there was nothing I could do about it, so I left it at that.
But then, when I realized that I never again have the kind of connection that we had and I had accepted it , I saw him again at Wonder Dog.
I knew then, there was just no way I could give him up, I still really, really like him .
What about you?
Come on, you like him too, don't you?
I can see it.
But I’m gonna win this.
But I’m gonna win this.
Even if Yuu thinks so, I’m really not interested in him.
Of course, he’s a very big part of my life and all, but it’s just because he’s part of the family.
The reason I think about him as much as I do is, just because he’s so hard to understand, that’s all.
Not because I like him.
Not because I like him.
Ginta.
I don’t suppose you’d mind moving, so I can get into my house, would you?
Not yet.
Please move.
I’m not gonna, okay?
Oh, fine, go ahead and if there’s something you gotta say, go ahead and say it, just be quick.
Hey. You don’t have to be so mad, you know.
I don't have to be so mad?
How do you expect me to do that?
That’s just asking too much, I’m only human, what do you want?
Here I thought you were my friend.
Yes, it’s true that I liked you before, but you were the one who turned me down, and yet in spite of the boy-girl thing, I always thought you were still gonna be my friend.
But then you, are you trying to kill our friendship ,huh?
It wasn’t that. It was just ...
You know I do think you are a nice guy, Ginta, but you’ve got this unfortunate habit of occasionally betraying me, like when I gave you that letter two years ago, and you showed it to everyone.
Stop it, you got it all wrong. Do you really think I’d do a thing like that?
To start with, you were wrong , and while we are on the subject , some of it was your fault too.
Yeah, how’d you figure all that?
Okay, try this one, what did you do with that letter?
Please, you know very well what I did , I put it in that magazine , the one that was in your bag.
For you information , that magazine wasn’t mine.
What?
After school that day.
Hey, Ginta. What’d you do with my magazine ?
Oh, yeah. Sorry, it’s in my school bag.
Huh? Wow!
Would you look at that, it looks like a love letter.
It’s from Miki to Ginta.
And before I could stop them, they were passing it around.
So, that’s what happened.
Miki, how could you be so lame.
I wish I could’ve read the letter alone, you know.
I really liked what it said, it made me very happy.
But you said, it wasn’t love or anything like that, you said it was friendship, like some letter from a guy.
Well, no ,that wasn’t right either.
I don’t know if you really were that aware of it, but back in those days, you were pretty popular with the guys in our class, so a lot of them sort of had a thing for you.
You seemed like you were really happy and you were cute and sweet, they made it clear , I wouldn’t be able to go steady with you without admitting it, and since I wasn’t brave enough to stand up and compete with them for you, I simply lied.
Ginta, you’re not trying to say you’re having some kind of Lovey-dovey thing with our Miki , are you?
No, that’s you guys, we’re just good friends, that's all.
And there was nothing else I could say.
I never thought you’d be standing there listening to me.
And of course after hurting you so badly, I was sure it had to be over.
Getting my hair cut short couldn’t make up for you , so I thought it was all over with you.
And ever since, I tried to fool myself that I’d given up on you, I pretended that I was okay, and that it was going to be enough for me to see you casually and talk like we did before.
It’s just, it’s just that I’ve always liked you a lot, except now that guy.
That guy Yuu’s in the picture.
That guy, I don’t ever want him to take you away, okay?
I never want him to steal your heart, Miki.
But Ginta.

If this medallion were to have a picture in it of the person that I love from the bottom from my heart, would it be Yuu, or Ginta?
And so we begin, that was the very moment when another “legend of the medallion” was born.

Marmalade Boy
LEGEND OF LOVERS
WITH ALL MY HEART IN THE MEDALLION