Right Hand and Left Hand

Right Hand and Left Hand (右手と左手, Migite to Hidarite) is the sixth chapter of School Days manga.

Summary
Makoto visits Kotonoha at her house when Kokoro embraces him. She excitedly tells him that he can play with her, but he mentions that he actually came to speak to Kotonoha, who grabs some tea and leads him to her bedroom before convincing Kokoro to leave them alone for a bit. She pours them some tea and they begin to chat about Makoto's time at the beach. He recalls Sekai's confession back at the beach, thinking about how she told him that she was serious, despite knowing that he's dating Kotonoha.

As he begins to muse, he snaps out of it as Kotonoha calls out to him. He remembers something and gives Kotonoha a souvenir: a seashell necklace he'd made for her. She promises to take good care of it and offers to give him something as well, but he abruptly pulls her closer to him. For a moment, things stay awkward until they apologize to one another for it, so she hands him an invitation to the Fireworks Festival.

When the Festival arrives, he waits for Kotonoha and is surprised to see her in her yukata. He compliments how nice she looks and they walk around the grounds together until they are greeted by Taisuke, who is accompanied by Hikari, Nanami, Setsuna, and a quiet Sekai. Sekai asks the couple to join them, but Makoto declines until Kotonoha convinces him that it will be more fun to have Sekai with them.

They watch as Sekai plays a Japanese Cork Gun game, beating Hikari. Setsuna then shoots a clay phoenix with ease, much to the surprise of Taisuke and Makoto, then they watch as Kotonoha loses in a round of Kingyo Sukui (Gold Fish Scooping). However, she has fun anyway, and they share a small laugh. With that, Sekai invites them to check out the Haunted House and Nanami suggests that they should go in pairs, with Taisuke right away offering to pair with Sekai. Makoto adamantly protests this idea and suggests that Taisuke go with Hikari instead before he himself goes with Kotonoha.

Right away, Kotonoha gets startled and starts to cling to Makoto. He kisses her, but she pushes him away, thinking it too scary to even think about kissing in a place like that. They awkwardly head to the exit, so Taisuke and Hikari take their turn.

As they wait for the fireworks to start, Makoto apologizes to Kotonoha about the Haunted House, and tells her that he was not thinking about her, but rather himself. He continues on to say that she is precious to him and deeply apologizes once again as the fireworks begin. Holding hands, they start to watch the fireworks, along with Sekai, who has suddenly grasped Makoto's other hand.

Character in order of appearance

 * Makoto Itou
 * Kokoro Katsura
 * Kotonoha Katsura
 * Sekai Saionji (flashback)
 * Hikari Kuroda
 * Setsuna Kiyoura
 * Taisuke Sawanaga
 * Nanami Kanroji

Trivia

 * The clay phoenix that Setsuna shoots resembles the logo of Kadokawa Comics, the manga's publisher.