Tsuki Tsuki Vol 7 Chapter 1

Chapter 01: Miichan’s senior

Afterwards it was decided that we would make a date plan for said day. But just when I thought how quiet she had been for a while now, Nazuna was soundly sleeping on Luna’s lap.

With these members we started our planning.

“Yes, seems any time this week works out.”

Without time for Elni or me to interject, Machina and Miichan smoothly advantaged the matter.

“That doesn’t sound bad, but it won’t be just you two, but three people and it’s just a fake date. It might be better to go with an effortless department shopping.”

…Yeah, there was no point of me being here. Elni probably felt the same as me, as she made a lonely face and pulled on my sleeve.

“Yeah, of course. I was hoping you would say that. Well then, I’ll start with ‘All beloved Shinobu’.”

“You dare to call me ugly!”

“No, no, this isn’t really a word chain anymore.”

“Hey, I couldn’t care less about Elni, but you have to listen seriously, Shinobu. Even if fake, you’re going to be Miichan’s boyfriend…”

“Ah.”

“I just noticed something that I shouldn’t.”

“Oh, you knew as well, Elni? Sister’s brassiere size went up one size again— wait, no! Sister told me to keep it a secret, so don’t expose it, Elni!”

When I pointed that out, Machina avoided my glance and reddened her cheeks lightly, then she held up her index finger with “Ssh” like it didn’t concern her.

Inadvertently I forgot to retort. Then Elni opened her mouth to get back on topic.

“Mhm~ I don’t really want to say it, but, Shinobu, can you try standing next to Miichan for a moment?”

Just what was up? I wondered in my heart and stood besides Miichan, like I was told. There Elni raised a small voice just like Machina.

“Yeah, it’s really hard to say, but… well, you two absolutely don’t look like a couple. To be honest, you’re close siblings at best.”

Making an exaggerated face like the world had ended, Miichan’s eyes dwelled up with tears.

“I- It’s just like Elni says, you two don’t look like a couple. But if you behave like a proper couple, I guess your senior will be convinced?”

Miichan pondered with her well-formed eyebrows frowned. On the other hand, Machina put her index finger against her cheek in thought and said after a short pause.

“That is a great idea! I’ll try it right away!”

“—Master!”

“Miichan, stop with that.”

“Mhm, I’m not so sure about the types, but let’s see… if I have to choose one, I would go with the first ‘Master’— no, wait. Miichan, you shouldn’t force yourself into anything and just behave like always.”

“Shinobu is right. Besides, if you were to call him ‘Master’, I believe your senior would go beyond pale and pop some veins on the forehead.”

“Well, I certainly might be pleased when we’re all alone….wait, you don’t need to take any notes, Elni, Miichan.”

“But Miichan, for argument’s sake, what if someone saw me being called ‘Master’ by a middle school girl. And what if that someone are you parents, then it would be the worst. If things go bad, I’ll be arrested. As you can see, it’s better you keep calling me like you always have.”

“…You have some really broad-minded parents.”

While saying so, Miichan lowered the ends of her eyebrows and showed a somewhat lonely smile, whereupon Machina tilted her head doubtful.

“…I wonder? Both father or mother rarely come home and even if they come back by chance, they only fight and hardly talk with me.”

“But I’m perfectly fine. I don’t get scolded for staying up late and I can play my favourite games for hours without getting reprimanded. It’s quite comfortable.”

Actually, she likely wasn’t fine at all. I could tell by looking at her. But even when I irresponsibility were to get upset with “Her parents are at fault”, Miichan would without doubt just be hurt.

So I couldn’t say anything and instead reached out my hand for Miichan.

When I softly petted her head,

Miichan’s eyes filled with tears and she looked down once more to hide it.

“…Miichan, sleep over today.”

“I, I’m not crying, idiot! Why would I have to cry! I’m not that lachrymose!”

I thought so, but didn’t say anything tactless and closed my mouth that I had opened to say something.

“Thank you, Elni-san, Machina-oneesan. I would really like to sleep over, but I haven’t prepared anything for it and I have been imposing on you for a long time already, so it’s time I take my leave.”

“Shinobu-oniisan, I’m looking forward to the date.”

“Yes! I’ll be a good girl! I’ll go donate some blood right away!”

“Miichan, just to tell you, you have to be at least sixteen years old to donate blood.”

“Just go to bed early and wake up early, I guess?”

—Well, with that Miichan left the words “Give Nazuna-chan my regards” and went home…

Then two days passed and it was the day for the date with Miichan. I fixed my appearance and showed up in the living room. Elni and Nazuna were there.

“Mh? You two are going out?”

“In opposition to your date with Miichan, El-chan and me are going to have one too.”

“Meow! I don’t want to go home tonight either!”

“—After the CM, Nazucat will be Cinderella. Don’t switch the channel!”

When I told them so, Elni held up her thumb.

“Hey, hey, Elni. what are you saying? I’m always cool. If you take the coolness away from me, all I have left will be my handsomeness.”

“Nothing less from you, Shinobu. I have nothing to say any more. Miichan’s senior might even fall for you, Shinobu.”

“Well, because my sincerity shows on my face.”

….Reminded me, it was the same meeting spot as with the first date with Hijiri.

Miichan wore a neat, white one-piece and a slightly large straw-hat. She looked like a rich lady on a first glance.

“Shinobu-oniisan!”

“Hyaa!”

“….H- Hey, are you okay?”

“Uhh… It’s the long-awaited date, yet I already failed right at the beginning.”

“…Yes. When I thought about how I, whose power is still unknown, will have a date with my adored Shinobu-oniisan, I just couldn’t sleep last night from all the excitement.”

“Hauh! I failed again! Unconsciously my adolescent delusions of grandeur came oust— aw, I bit my tongue! I’m done for!”

A funny girl as ever. I felt my cheeks forming a smile again and reached my hand out for her, petting her head. Then I chit-chatted for a while with her.

Suddenly Miichan raised a small voice and pulled jerkily on my sleeve.

“…Quite early here as well.”

So, what kind of person was it?

Following Miichan’s gaze, I affirmed the person and inadvertently was at a loss for words.

…I- It couldn’t have been more unexpected. Of course Miichan would turn down a confession when it was from a girl. While I was indeed a bit shaken, the girl glared at me furiously as soon as she reached us. She leaked a threatening, low voice.

“As you can see, a human.”

When the girl raised her voice while frowning, Miichan hastily got between us and interjected.

“…Miichan, you’re not making it any better. I’m not like that, nor have I ever been called ‘evil’… Ah, no, quite often actually.”

“I see. A former Yankee, huh. The worst. The type I hate the most.”

“First off, to make it clear, I hate guys. To be honest, all guys are trash.”

“P- Papa is different!”

“Papa, is it?”

“F- Father, I mean! Father is different!”

There Miichan pointed at me with her hand to introduce me to the girl.

“Ehm, I get that he’s your boyfriend, Miyuki-chan, but…what about his evil face is handsome?”

“Okay, Onii-chan.”

“So, Onii-chan…”

“Fufu, you don’t need to force yourself, Onii-chan. I also often ask the younger girls with ‘Call me Onee-chan’, which they always turned down with a vague smile. Even Miyuki-chan turned me down. So I painfully understand your feelings, Onii-chan.”

“H- How rude can you be! Then I’ll call you Shinobu-san! Satisfied?”

“Because you’re older, so I have no other choice…”

But, for now I made a sigh or relief.

I showed a smile on my joke, but for some reason the girl trembled her shoulder with a shiver in fear and backed off a step. But, suddenly she stepped forward, grabbed my collar and looked at me with a fierce glint in her eyes.

At the same time with her dagger-sharp voice, she glared at me with cold glance at point-blank range.

“…You, are rather cute at close-up.”

“Mh? Just an honest impression. Anyway, stop getting any more red and get away from me. Otherwise I’m going to kiss you.”

Even while rocking her eyes in agitation, the girl looked straight back at me.

Surprisingly enough, I agreed on that. I dropped my gaze, softly took the girls hand place a gentle kiss on top of it.

“J- Just what are you doing!”

“Kind of cool! I want to mimic it and kiss girls— wait, I should take notes. Anyway, what’s up with you!”

“So cool one after another!”

“Are you a gigolo? A playboy with delinquent looks! You aren’t suitable for Miyuki-chan!”

I should play the boyfriend for a bit. I changed my tone into a serious one.

“…Y- You say some reasonable things, unexpectedly.”

“Shinobu-oniisan, sorry for the late introduction, but this cool person is Segawa Tamaki-san, my senior.”

“….Eh? Cool? Don’t you mean cute?”

“D- Don’t say anything weird! Idiot! Besides, I’m not happy at all to be praised by a guy!”

“Uhh! You’re a gigolo after all! I won’t be fooled!”

“Shinobu-san, you can call me Tamaki.”

“Are you even listening to me! I love the name ‘Tamaki’ that Papa— I mean, that my father gave me! Properly call me by it!”

“Father complex you say!? That’s actually a compliment for me! Thanks!”

Tamaki told me her thanks when I hit bulls-eye with the father complex. She might actually be rather easy to handle. When I thought that, Miichan said “Ehm, how about we get going now?” reserved.

To be honest, I personally didn’t hate a girl like Tamaki. But it must have been different for her. She once again said to me with a harsh tone.

“Yeah, I thought she resembled you.”

Tamaki made eyes somehow filled with expectations, whereupon I declared with a smile.

“Anyone has two eyes! Then it would have been better if you had denied it all together! I’m a bit hurt! You’re not suitable for Miyuki-chan after all!”

Every time she opened her mouth, it said “You’re not suitable for Miyuki-chan”. I had thought she might surprisingly easy to handle, but it would be a though job to get her give up on Miyuki-chan.

“Actually, you have been messing around the whole time, but have you ever properly told Miyuki-chan ’I love you’?”

“Why are you acting bashful only at a time like this! So irritating! Break up with Miyuki-chan right now! If you don’t listen to words, I’ll show you with my fists!”

When I beckoned her with my index finger while saying so, Tamaki made a sharp front kick on the spot. That refined movement didn’t look amateurish at all. She most likely was doing some kind of martial arts.

“Looks like you aren’t that bad. Interesting. I’ll be serious on the next one.”

“D- Don’t look down on me!”

“You two, stop fighting! Also, Senpai, you’re a black belt in karate, so Shinobu-oniisan will be in danger if you get serious!”

I rested my hand on the shoulder of Miichan, who had lowered the ends of her eyebrows worried, and cracked a joke with a straight face.

“Coming up with such a flawless plan under all this tension! As expected of you, Shinobu-oniisan! If you do that, even Senpai might fall for you!”

No, just deny it clearly. Retorting with that in my heart, I suddenly pointed at a pet shop that I spotted, as to change the topic.

“It’s okay. Actually, I love them. Let’s go watch the puppies.”

“Hey, Tamakiemon, are you coming along too?”

“Oh, you hate dogs? Then sorry, but wait here for a bit, tamaKing.”

Midway in her sentence, Tamaki suddenly approached me and while a sweet fragrance, partly from a shampoo?, hang in the air, she softly whispered into my ear.

I didn’t know if that warning was meant to be kind or just sarcasm. However, for now I had only one thing to say.

“Wh- What are you sniffing me for when I’m being serious here! Are you a pervert? Or do you have a smell fetish?”

“It’s not fair that you only call my name properly at such times! A- Also… smelling nice and stuff, don’t talk about such embarrassing things! Just get going to the pet shop already!”

Upon that, there in a transparent cage for display, were various kinds of dogs and cats. A puppy that wagged it’s tail as soon as he saw us, a soundly sleeping kitten and some kind of animal that I didn’t know, which determined kept on eating.

“A puppy is just so cute. Cuteness is justice. It’s invincible.”

When I replied so, Miichan smiled faintly.

“…Miichan, are you keeping a dog at your house?”

“When I was still small, I recklessly asked my father and had him buy a dog. It was a puppy with a white fur that I immediately liked at the pet shop. I named it ‘Whitey’ and…”

“I remember being really happy, since it was like I got a little brother. I was an only child, so with him by my side, I was fine even father or mother weren’t at home. Now that I think back on it, I was inseparable with Whitey.”

“Yes. Apparently I’m a weird girl, so I couldn’t make any friend at kindergarten or elementary school. I was always alone outside. But when I came back home, Whitey played with me. Therefore I wasn’t lonely, but…”

“Whitey didn’t live a long life. Last year, he passed away. I was happy with Whitey by my side. But, by staying with me all the time, Whitey couldn’t play with other people…”

“It might not have been such a good life.”

I felt a bit angry.

“Human or dog, each of them have their own kind of happiness. It’s not something to be decided by others. It’s something decided by the one in question.”

“I can’t believe that Whitey was unhappy. How did Whitey behave when… he was with his beloved older sister? Did he look displeased?”

“…When I came home, Whitey would always welcome me by greatly wagging his tail. Before he passed away, he stayed on my lap the whole time and even though it must have been painful for him, he kept wagging his tail until the very end…”

“…Yes.”

Most likely Whitey’s only regret was to have left behind Miichan all alone. Gently reaching out my hand, I gently petted her head, whereupon Miichan wiped the dwelled up tears away and showed a bright smile.

“Mh? Thanks to Whitey?”

“The day after Whitey passed away, I couldn’t hold back my sadness and cried at school. Even though it was during class, even though she sat far away, Nazuna-chan immediately stood up once she noticed it and came over to me.”

“Then she asked me ‘Are you okay? Does it hurt anywhere?’. But at that time I only cried and couldn’t say anything. So Nazuna-chan told me ‘Let’s go to the infirmary’ and gently pulled me along on my hand.”

“Then Nazuna-chan closely listened to me at the infirmary. It took quite some time to tell her everything and even though I stopped midway a lot of times because I started to cry, Nazuna-chan stayed with me the whole time. In the end, she cried together with me.”

“…That might be. But, to me, Nazuna-chan looked really bright. I thought that I would like to be her friend. And then, we really became friends. I’m sure Whitey helped me out there.”

Of course, it might have been a mere coincidence that they became friends. But, some kind of power invisible to me might have been at work and that thought surely pleased Whitey as well.

“I’m really happy to have become friends with Nazuna-chan. School has become fun and with her I can play games that I couldn’t with Whitey. Besides, it also made me meet you, Shinobu-oniisan.”

When I said so teasingly, Miichan flushed her cheeks and turned away her face.

Grabbing my hand, Miichan insisted.

“…Envious? For what?”

Along with her words, Miichan slowly clung to me arm.

Well, that was flattering in itself. Instigated by Miichan, I also smiled and reached out my hand to pet her head once more, whereupon

I suddenly got a bad feeling from behind along with the faint sound of footsteps. I immediately embraced Miichan and jumped to the side.

She must have wanted to trust me away from behind. When I looked at her, Tamaki stood there with her eyes widened.

With her hands still pushed out, Tamaki made an outrageous face and looked back at me.

“Just a lone wolf.”

“Well, I don’t care about that. What’s up with you? Need something?”

“Sh- Shinobu-oniisan, how can you stay so calm!? You have to be angry here!”

“What would you have done if you had gotten Shinobu-oniisan injured!? Even I can get angry if it’s necessary! Please give it a rest already!”

After grumbling with a small voice, Tamaki glared fiercely at me and continued.

“You are more determined than I thought! A- As it has come to this, ehm, uhm… I know! Shinobu-oniisan is scary when angry, you know!”

When Tamaki stated her incredible rude impression, Miichan desperately fought back.

…Well, I hadn’t kill anyone so far, nor did I have any creepy intentions like making waxwork. Miichan might be trying to rebuke Tamaki, but no one would believe such a lie.

“His face certainly looks like he’s capable of that.”

“Uwaah! Stay away! Muuuurderer!”

“…Y- Your life is in danger when you stay besides such a dangerous guy, Miyuki-chan. I have to do something…!”

Tamaki was looking at me like I was a criminal.

“Uhm, Senpai, you hate guys, correct?”

“Ehm, then what do you think of this person?”

What was it? Together with Tamaki, I looked at the screen of the cell phone, which showed an attached photo of a girl.

She wore a waitress uniform and was a bit sulky, but she would surely look even more charming with a smile. Actually, this girl somehow resembled my mother?

“So pretty. Is she your friend, Miyuki-chan? If possible, I want you to introduce her to me. What that be okay?”

“Yeah, I want to get closer. Get intimate, go on a lot of dates and one day, at night— wait, no, no! I’m faithful to Miyuki-chan! I won’t cheat! But, fantasizing should be allowed, right? Ehehe…”

For now, I retorted wearily.

“I, I’m not! Sure, I might be about to drool and a bit might have come out already, but don’t say it! I hate guys because they lack of tact! Idiot!”

“Senpai, you can’t call the person you want to get closer to an ’idiot’.”

Tamaki frowned doubtful, whereupon Miichan held up her cell phone again and declared with a bright smile.

“Pft!”

Wh- What the. I didn’t notice at all. Either way, how came that Miichan had that photo? Did my mother leak it?

“You might hate guys, Senpai, but I take you could fall in love with Shinobu-oniisan in cross-dress?”

Surprisingly enough, Tamaki gave a big nod. Flushing her cheeks, she faced me again.

“Are you stupid! Of course the answer is no!”

“You’re cute too begin with! If you want a date, try hitting on that beauty over there!”

With the glamorous long, black hair, the dignified features and the curvy body left no room for doubt. She was Gogyou Hijiri, my classmate and actually my fiancée. …Reminded me, Hijiri loved dogs. She might have decided to drop by the pet shop during her shopping.

“…Oh, Shinobu-kun.”

“What a coincidence, Shinobu-kun. I didn’t expect meeting you here.”

“Mh?”

“Ehm, Shinobu-kun, who are they?”

I truthfully wanted to introduce Miichan as Nazuna’s friends and explain Tamaki as her senior.

Somehow Tamaki also glared at me with eyes that wanted to say “Who’s this pretty miss? Don’t tell me, an affair? You’re having an affair! Unforgivable! I’ll beat you up!”….So I had no choice, but to lie.

“Hijiri, this girl is Sakurai Miyuki-chan. Nickname, Miichan. And she, well, happens to be my, girlfriend…”

As she couldn’t comprehend the meaning of the words, Hijiri widened her eyes puzzled and stopped moving like she had been petrified. But, after a while tears dwelled up in her eyes and she asked.

“It, It’s not a lie. We started dating just recently. Isn’t that right, Miichan?”

She must have somehow comprehended the situation. Miichan made a firm nod, albeit a bit awkwardly. But, Hijiri wrinkled up her well-formed eyebrows with still teary eyes.

No, I would very much like to tell the truth, but as long as Tamaki was here, I couldn’t do that. How could I get out of this?

“I agree with the miss. You two are a bit suspicious. If you two are really going out, then show us a kiss.”

I replied so innerly shaken, whereupon Tamaki combed her hair upwards and responded stylish.

“…What the? Stop saying nonsense. Besides, it’s too embarrassing to kiss in public, so I can’t do that. You wouldn’t be able to kiss either if urged to, right?”

“I, I would just try hard!”

“…So much for your opinions. But a kiss is out of the question. Let me off with just this.”

Upon that, Miichan blinked her eyes in surprise, then

showed no real sign of resistance, happily put her hands around my back and tightly returned the hug.

To be honest, it was rather embarrassing, but for a while I kept embracing Miichan and petted her head…When the shame became unbearable, I slowly got away from her.

The moment I faced Hijiri, I was at a loss for words unmeant.

“This is… too much. What… should I do from now on? I can’t stand this… Shinobu-kun, you… you’re…”

“STUUPID!”

“Fueh~ Kaoru-san~”

…My chest was about to be crushed by guilt.

I pressed one hand on my throbbing chest, whereupon Miichan spoke to me with a small voice worried.

“…W- Well, it’s not a problem as long as I explain it later. You don’t need to worry, Miichan. But… Can I go to the bookstore for a bit and read a book about self-enlightenment?”
Replying so with my shoulders dropped, I made a big sigh in my heart….

After that we ate a somewhat late lunch at the department hall and after the meal I left my seat to go to the toilet. Hoping that Hijiri was near and that I could clear up the misunderstanding, I walked around a bit as a detour, when

A familiar loud laughter reached my ears.

If I remembered correctly, she was the somewhat stupid girl that quarrelled with Nazuna at the seaside school. Her name was Chihaya-san. Just like previously, she had two follower girls with her.

“…Mh? Nazuna and Elni?”

Reminded me, they had said that they also were going on a date in opposition to Miichan and me, but they came to the same place? What a coincidence.

“Oh~hohoho~! Oh~hoho~! Oh~hohoho~! *cough!* *cough!*”

“…Just what are you trying to pull?”

Having her back stroked, Chihaya-san recovered, as she held up her palm to her follower girls, thus stopping them.

“…Is that so. Too bad. It would’ve been better if you died.”

Not paying any mind to the outrageous stuff her follower girl had said, Chihaya-san released her special loud laughter, as she was in a good mood, and faced Nazuna.

“Yeah! Really! Oh~hohoho!”

Whatever might be fun about it, Nazuna and Chihaya-san raised loud laughter, whereupon even the nearby Elni joined in their “Oh~hohoho~!”… All the gazes from people near by were concentrated on them.

“Chihaya-sama, stop acting stupid and let’s go already.”

“Oh my, it is already this late? But please give a bit longer. I have something to tell to Nanjou-san by all means.”

“Nanjou-san, previously I warned you with ‘Do not get cheeky’, did I not? Despite that! You seem to get along well with Gogyou-senpai from the Kendo club lately! What is the meaning of that? The fan club will not stay silent about it!”

One of the follower girls nodded in agreement with Chihaya-san, but

The other follower girl stood besides Nazuna and looked at Chihaya-san like she was an idiot. In regards to that, Nazuna paid no mind to getting scolded and faced Chihaya-san with a smile.

…Ahh, speaking of, Hijiri previously had mentioned that she had a little brother and it appeared that he was in the same middle school as Nazuna. Actually, Chihaya-san’s last name was Arisugawa, huh.

“So, Gogyou-senpai talked to me. He’s actually a surprisingly funny person, so we got along well right away. If you want, I can introduce you to him?”

Out of anger, Chihaya-san trembled her lips and continued with a “Also!” by raising her voice.

“Mh? But, I love my brother more.”

“Hah!”

“Nanjou-san, no matter how much you love your brother, I am sure that your brother thinks of you as an annoying little sister.”

Instantly, Nazuna’s eyes rocked with worry, but Chihaya.san didn’t seem to notice that and shouted with tears in her eyes for some reason.

“Yeah, yeah! Just like Chihaya-sama says!”

Chihaya-san made a shocked expression. The follower girl pressed her hands on her shut mouth. The other follower girl burst out in laughter.

“Anyway! Even your brother will consider it a bother when you stick to his heels like a dog! Real little sisters are just an annoyance after all!”

“Oh~hohoho~! That is what it means to be conceited! Stepsisters aside, us blood-related little sisters can only give up! Too bad for you and me!”

With nothing to say back, Nazuna glared at Chihaya-san while moved to tears.

“N- Not talking to me again!? S- S- So- So what! I am not sad at all!”

“No! I mean, I am not at fault here! I just stated the truth! Not talking again suits me just fine! Well then, Nanjou-san, have a nice day! Oh~hohoho….”

Then the girls came close to where I stood.

Chihaya-san dropped her shoulders greatly in a depressed state.

“Yeah, yeah! Just as Chihya-sama says!”

While doing a comedy duo like that, Chihaya-san and the two girls left the place.

…Catching up to them would be impossible. Leaving Nazuna to Elni and while it was hard for me to leave, I returned to Miichan and Tamaki.

“You sure took your time. Just where did you go?”

“You’re amazing, Shinobu-oniisan!”

Uh, the eyes of innocent girls tightened my chest. Unable to endure the guilt, I lowered my head with “I told a lie. I’m sorry” right away…

After that, we left the department hall and started some window shopping at the nearby shopping district. Not long after, we entered a store for western clothes that Miichan and Tamaki spotted and the two of them looked at the clothes together on cordial terms.

I didn’t want to bother them. So I told them “I’ll look around a bit” and moved to vicinity near the exit of the store. For a while I randomly trotted around there, whereupon

Tamaki, holding a paper bag, called out to me.

“Come along for a bit. Miyuki-chan is still shopping, so let’s talk outside.”

While the chirping of the cicadas attacked my ears, Tamaki began to talk with still a serious expression.

“…Sorry, but I can’t respond to your feelings. I already have Miichan.”

“Well, I thought that you might attack me like a beast in the moment we’re all alone, so I just made the first move.”

“…A cute girl?”

After turning her face bright red, Tamaki averted her eyes from me and asked with a corrected tone.

“Mh? Why are you asking that? Can’t you tell by looking?”

Suddenly casting her eyes down, Tamaki dropped her voice.

Yeah, I was a bit surprised about finding out that Tamaki even had confessed to my little sister, but Tamaki continued her story with a wry smile.

It was the first time I heard of that, but I, as an outsider, wasn’t going to be just persuaded into pitying her. I wasn’t going to think something that rude, but I was certainly angry.

“Of course, I also like Miyuki-chan’s slightly weird side. But, how about you? If you say that you’re only dating her for her appearance….I’ll never forgive you.”

Without doubt she couldn’t suppress her worry for Miichan. That was way she went through the trouble of meeting with me.

“I’ll tell you, I’m not bothered by Miichan’s weird side. There are a lot of weirdoes around me. And even if there were nine things I hated about her, as long as there is one thing I like about her, I’ll go out with her.”

Averting her eyes from me, she made a resigned sigh.

Tamaki dropped her shoulders, then suddenly returned her gaze to me.

“I’m not sure.”

…Aw, shit. I carelessly said my real feelings while still in serious mode. I hastily smoothed over my blunder.

“…I see, the heart, huh.”

Upon that, her huge breast softly changed change on the pressure of the palm, which was kind of lewd.

“D- Don’t say it so bluntly, when I’m already bothered by it!”

When I asked out of slight curiosity, Tamaki faced sideways and answered.

“…That’s a splendid endeavour, but I don’t think your breasts are the reason. The boys just might have wanted your attention, since you’re cute. Brats often tease a girl they like.”

Becoming vivacious, Tamaki denied obstinate.

“Tamaki, now a question from me. I understand well why you hate guys. But, do you really love girls?”

“Well, I don’t think it’s really normal.”

There I rested my hand on Tamaki’s head and continued.

I also adored that way of living. When I conveyed my sentimental feelings, Tamaki widened her eyes, then smiled faintly.

“Well, what’s the use of telling a lie here.”

“Still, regardless of what others think, you are you. There’s no need to force yourself to play-act. It’s better to stay true to your feelings. As long as it doesn’t hurt someone else.&rdqu

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