WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU Part 7 Full translation.

report ‘4′ part 2

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A moment, of silence.

When the couple raised their faces, Rangiku grinned and applauded them.

“Congrats!”

“That’s great, Abarai!”

“Congratulations!”

Ikkaku and Yumichika also clapped their hands at the same time. One person after the other spoke words of congratulations and applauded.

“err… Thank you very much, we are happy. We’re happy but… Everyone isn’t surprised…. ?”

“We had intended to set up something like a surprise but…..”

Rangiku smirked as she saw both of their expressions which was a complex mixture of both joy and confusion.

“Well, don’t you know?”

“There’s an important announcement’, I thought, when Rukia chan didn’t include it in her message earlier, how can one think otherwise?”

To Yumichika’s words, Hinamori also smiled and nodded in agreement.

“Since it was just me and Yamada that were both summoned by Kuchiki, I thought "what’s the announcement about?” until we came here, but…. Everyone is here and at a place of this sort of ranking"

“That’s right. When I saw this place’s appearance I also thought it was that kind of announcement.”

Kiyone and Izuru also agreed with everyone.

“I… Did not realise anything at all…. ”

As Hisagi muttered that, Rangiku quickly remarked harshly with “Thickhead! Uncool! Sleeveless!”

“huuuh…. Sleeves are irrelevant…..!”

Directly opposite a moaning Hisagi, kiyone shook Hantaro’s shoulder and asked “Hey, what’s up with you Yamada?”

“Huh! I was so amazed that my consciousness went flying!”

Hanataro whose eyes were left wide open, finally regained his senses.

“A-are you okay? Hanataro!?”

Looking at her face anxiously, he replied “yes” to Rukia, Hanataro bowed deeply to the pair.

“I’m sorry I lost consciousness when we were celebrating…. ”

Renji took no notice of the apology and instead showed him a smile that said ‘it’s no problem’.

“uhh… Congratulations, Rukia san, Renji san….! The marriage of the two of you…I, am truly happy…! The fact is, I don’t understand why, even myself, but….I want to say "thank you”, I just feel like that.“

Hanataro tried to reflect upon every little word so that he could convey his blessing to the best of his ability.

"Thank you, Hanataro…. ”

“…. Thanks”

Looking at the couple who earnestly expressed their gratitude, naturally everyone’s smiles grew.

“Once again, congratulations! Kuchiki, Renji!”

Rangiku declared.

“May you both live together in happiness!”

As kiyone clapped her hands, a round of applause was given to the couple again.

Rukia smiled shyly, Renji displayed a toothy grin.

——–Hitsugaya thinks.

The road to restoration is still far ahead, there are many places where untouched wreckage is spread far and wide. Meanwhile, the appearance of these two people who will build up new connections, will become hope for everybody.

“What is it? You’re grinning~”

Rangiku laughed a little, poking Hitsugaya repeatedly with her fingertips. There was no moodiness like there usually was in his voice that calmly responded with “nothing”.

“… It must have took considerable effort to do all this, Abarai!”

Hisagi said looking around the wide room.

“No I, left the task of the restaurant up to Rukia…”

“Because I don’t know much about restaurants, I wanted the people of my household to book a restaurant with private rooms for me.”

“Well, it’s such a high class restaurant that’s why.”

Rangiku said shrugging her shoulders.

“It’s my first time coming to kizokugai (noble city), I was insanely nervous~”

Kiyone laughed it off as Rukia apologised to her for that.

“It was reported to me that this restaurant was not pretentious, and that it was popular…”

Chiyo, a maid who usually performs miscellaneous chores around Rukia, is the youngest employee of the Kuchiki clan, she is a familiar companion for Rukia. For that reason, she entrusted the selection of the restaurant to Chiyo with confidence.

[“I will make preparations so that you have the perfect restaurant for today’s gathering!”]

She recalled Chiyo’s self confidence, face brimming with a smile.

It is certainly a perfectly suitable place for a gathering. Apart from the fact that it is not actually 'popular’.

“Well yeah, seems like it’s popular with the four noble clans”

Ikkaku uttered, everyone nodded in agreement.

“But I think we are highly ranked enough for a place like this, aren’t we? There’s one captain, eight vice captains and two 3rd seats?”

Yumichika said, looking around at all. Who were present.

“We don’t come to establishments like this because it’s not a question of status, it’s a question of money~”

Rangiku responded with a sigh.

“Uuh… I’m scared of the bill….!” Renji held his head in his hands, from the corner of the room, the nakai who lingered there approached to slide open the panels.

“… Abarai sama”

“Yes?”

“We have received payment”

“eh!? From who….!?”

“That is… From a certain ally…Nothing more.”

The nakai spoke ambiguously about that certain somebody.

(It’s Kuchiki Byakuya….)

They guessed the person’s true identity.

“… I’m sorry, for inconveniencing my brother… ” Rukia muttered, Hitsugaya then spoke.

“I don’t think such a thing is any trouble for him….he’s happy you guys are getting married”

Raising her head, Rukia fluttered away tears that had filled her eyes.

“…. we have to go thank him”

Renji uttered to Rukia in a whisper, who strongly nodded in assent many times over.

“If the head of the family has paid for it, then do not hesitate to eat and drink!”

“Even if Renji paid for it, I don’t feel like holding back…”

“Yeah! I’m a man who doesn’t hold back when he’s being treated!”

Listening to the exchange between Ikkaku and Yumichika, an exasperated Hitsugaya grumbled “Don’t throw your chest out like you’re proud of that…”

“… Hinamori? What were you looking around for just now?”

Rangiku remarked, Hinamori a little shyly pointed to the sideboard of the low table.

A beautifully carved crane was there.

“At first, I thought the carvings here are amazing. So then, if I looked around at only the celebratory things…”

In the tokonoma there was a hanging scroll suspended there with calligraphy, and white plum blossoms were arranged in a vase. There were splendid pine trees on the gold leaf covered folding screens and cherry blossoms in full bloom painted on the fusuma sliding panels.

“It’s a bit overkill for a celebration right…”

Izuru said feeling a slight pressure in his forehead.

“Is this room normally used for celebrations?”

As Hinamori asked, the nakai gave a relaxed smile and lowered her head whilst she replied.

“… We were able to make preparations like this with instruction we received from a certain ally.”

Surprise ran through everyone in the room as they all started to chatter.

“eh!? You were able to alter the interior design!? Didn’t you book the reservations just this morning Kuchiki!?”

To Kiyone’s inquiry, Rukia said “yes” and nodded.

“Everything today was down to my brother to begin with… ”

It may have been reported to him by Chiyo out of worry, Rukia thought. In contrast with a perplexed Rukia, everyone was lightly smiling.

“Captain Kuchiki…..is he not awkward at celebrating?”

Ikkaku remarked, followed immediately by Yumichika and Rangiku.

“He’s too excessive. The celebration feels congested.”

“He’s not exactly used to celebrating.”

“Captain Kuchiki’s 'cold demeanour’ image is unrivalled but…there must also be a side to him that’s in high spirits since his younger sister is getting married…”

Hisagi keenly stated.

“Haha… Although he might get angry if you said such a thing, I think that is very heartwarming.”

“That’s true.” Hanataro chuckled, agreeing with Hinamori.

“….I think he wanted to do something a little extra before Kuchiki san leaves his hands.”

Izuru looked at the interior of the room overflowing with good-luck charms, the true motives inside the heart of a reticent man, he thought. It was beyond imagination that this room came from his usual not very talkative self.

“Please accept it with the feeling that it is filial piety towards your older brother.”

Said Hitsugaya. Rukia happily smiled 'yes’.

When the couple conveyed their intention to marry to Byakuya, he only said a few words;

[“I see….understood.”]

After saying just that, he left the couple behind in the room that he exited.

The next day onwards, especially because his attitude did not seem to change and his demeanour was the same as usual when they encountered him, he did not object to the thing but it seemed he he didn’t give much blessing either….the two were continuously worrying.

Today however, they understand that Byakuya, beyond all expectations, blesses their marriage fully, the couple felt relieved by that.

to be continued again….

There’s about 10 more pages of ‘4′ before we move on to part ‘1′ of the Marriage Registration section of the novel.

edit: fixed up a few words and grammar (thanks anon)

