My Cute Little Kitten 17 by Morinaga Milk 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. ### Sometimes my comments are snark or color, so feel free to ignore those. —06 My Cute Little Kitten —08 ### skipping the recap page —09 -1 I’m thinking of opening the new branch next year to coincide with the shop’s 20th anniversary. Don’t overthink things. -2 Take your time and make your decision, ok? If you go independent, I’ll support you. Thank you very much! hw- I’m sorry… Manager… In addition… Hm? -3 That’s for just hearing me out. Thanks for that too. Huh? -4 It’s the first time… I’ve talked about us to anyone. —10 -1 Oh… Gotcha! hw- Mhmm Mhmm hw- Ah! But maybe I end up saying stuff I shouldn’t have… No, don’t be like that! hw- Sorry! I wasn’t paying attention… hw— No, it’ll be a bigger problem if you fuss over it… Ah, but you really should consult with your partner! That’s what a having a partner means, right? Y-yeah. -2 sfdx- Beam Well No matter if you go independent or you become my branch manager No matter what you choose, the experience won’t be wasted! -3 The manager really has her stuff together… I wanna learn from her. hw- Just what you’d expect from a working mother! -4 I said it in the heat of the moment, but it’s the first time I’ve told anyone about Yuna. -5 It makes my heart feel a little lighter. —11 -1 I better talk with Yuna about all this stuff. -2 I it would burden Yuna, but… I didn’t ask her what she really wants to happen. Right, I better let her know I’m running late. -4 Ok, I’ll buy some ###cut off What should I do, Rena-chan? Chibi is vomiting blood She’s also spitting up hairballs Should I take her to the vet? Should I wait and see? She’s just lying there She won’t eat chicken won’t come out from ###cut off -5 Vomiting blood?! Eh? What’s happening…? -6 She won’t come out from under the sofa I think she’s sick Sorry to flood you with this while you are at work. Don’t worry. It’s ok. I’m taking Chibi to the vet It’s ok —12 -1 Screech Thank you! -2 sfx- Pata Pata Pata ### or any other running sound -3 sfx- Haaah Haah Haah Excuse me! My kitten was brought in… What’s your name? Ah… name… which one would it be under? -4 Rena-chan! Over here! -5 Yuna! -6 How’s Chibi? Is she ok? -7 She… —8 -1 Chibi… Didn’t have an appetite from the morning. -2 If I gave her snacks, she’d have a little, then… she’d throw it up after. And there was blood in the vomit. -3 I wondered if she has eaten something strange or maybe it was poison… I was worried that she might die… or that she had some serious illness. I rushed over in a taxi and… found out… -4 sfx- Sniff Sniff Sniff It was gingivitis. —14 -1 Ah… gingivitis… Right. We haven’t been brushing her teeth… sfx- Slump sfx- Scratch Scratch sfx- Meeeeoow hw- (Gimme one of thooose) Teeth Cleaning Chews ###bag She got an IV to stop the pain and I received samples of teeth care snacks. And we have to put doses of this tube in her water every day. -2 Geez. Well… -3 hw- Sigh. So tired I’m glad it wasn’t something serious. When I got out of work and saw my phone, I freaked. -4 I’m sorry! -5 Huh? I’m sorry I bothered you at work with this, Rena-chan… Nyeoooow No, it wasn’t a bother. Not at all. I’m sorry I didn’t notice sooner. —15 -1 But, um… Gingivitis, huh? I guess we’ve got to brush your teeth occasionally now. sfx- Meeeow hw- You must be hungry hw- Sorry, sorry I didn’t think of that. -2 Come to think of it… She seemed weird around food recently. hw- Here, here sfx- Meow! -3 I-I’m sorry… It’s been all canned food… It’s my fault. I didn’t pay attention to Chibi properly. ###box They said it’s easy to get gingivitis that way… I’ll pay attention in the future, ok? I can’t even take care of a cat. ###box -4 Eh? It’s not your fault, Yuna, ok? But, uh… You ok? You’re looking pale. Maybe rest for a bit? hw- How about you give me your coat? hw- Uh -5 Crap… I’ve got to be cheerful! I’ve got to be like before! But… I-it’s ok, Rena-chan. What about dinner? I’ll whip something up, ok? sfx- Spin Um… What do we have in the fridge? -6 Why do I even exist? ###boxes, combined Why? I’m useless Hold up, Yuna! —16 -1 Thank you. -2 Eh…? I’m sure you must have been scared, with Chibi throwing up blood… Getting a taxi all by yourself… -3 I’m sorry I didn’t notice. I’m sorry I wasn’t by your side. But… -4 I’m really glad you were there, Yuna. Thank you. -5 Chibi seems to be into her food now. sfx- Snicker hw- Seems like it doesn’t hurt, huh? sfx- Chomp Chomp Chomp Really? Yeah. —17 -1 So I can be with you? Even if I’m like this? I can’t do it after all… -2 I can’t pretend when I’m in front of Rena-chan. Even like this? I can be with you? -3 Yuna…? Ah, yeah, you must have been so scared. I’ll make dinner, so you go take a load off… -4 Rena-chan…! Even if I’m not the Yuna you love… Will you still love me and let me be with you? -5 “Even like this”? I don’t really get what you’re saying, but… But… —18 -1 Who you were when we met… -2 When we were dorm mates… When we started living together. The you of last year. The you standing right in front of me. Even though I put on a happy front, I’m really anxious and at my wit’s end. 
Like a lost little kitten. -3 Of course I love all sides of you. I’m always desperately trying to search for something. A kitten with no place to call home. I wanted you ###circle -4 And from now on too… Forever… Sleeping safely beside me. I want… To live my life with you. -5 Really? Right now… The me of right now… —19 -1 Has been thinking all day long about how I want to have sex with you, Rena-chan… sfx- Pfft -2 To tell the truth, I didn’t want you to go to work today. I wanted to have more sex. I did it by myself on the couch… And recently I did it on your bed when you were at work… sfx- Lick Lick ### pussy knows where it’s at -3 And… b-because of that, Chibi got gingivitis… it’s all my fault! sfx- Waaah Waaaah hw- I’m sorry… hw- Chibi… -4 Nah… I don’t think those things are connected… But… -5 What you said… Made me so happy I want to die. I never would have thought… —20 -1 So how I should I respond? -2 Ah… dinner… It’s fine. Later. -3 Is Chibi ok? She says she’s full. -4 I’m so happy… Hm? -5 I… wanted to do it here… On the sofa? Yeah… —21 -1 Like before. Doing it lots and lots… -2 Nn… Ah… -3 Nn… Ah! -4 Rena-chan I have something want to ask… Hm? —22 -1 I don’t care where you work I don’t care who you have dinner with But At night… I want you to do me every night. Ok? -2 Eh? Yeah… -3 Thank goodness… I was so scared. —23 -1 I thought Chibi was going to die. I thought for sure Rena-chan was going to leave me. -2 I thought for sure I would be left all alone this time. But -3 Rena-chan, when I do it with you a lot I’m not afraid. If we’re having sex I’m ok, see? For the first time after moving in -4 I have finally found the uneasiness in Yuna’s heart. —24 -1 She seemed like she was doing so well. Maybe because she had Chibi? -2 Her work also seemed like it was going nicely… No… Just earlier she was collapsed in the entryway. -3 Has she been forcing herself since then? Since when? Come to think of it… The talk about my home salon stopped. -4 Perhaps… the reason for her unease is me? -5 Crap… I wanted to be the place Yuna could come home to…